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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1963
Page
2
Pope John XXIII known as the Pope of Unity and Peace died after a long illness. The report notes his modest Alpine home and his Italian birth name Angelo Roncalli. The notice places the death on page 1 and recalls his era defining peace efforts.
Hollywood announces three major studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 20th Century Fox, and Columbia Pictures plan a joint production center. Site could be a 2,500 acre Malibu district ranch. goal to cut costs, boost output, and keep Hollywood as the world entertainment capital with shared facilities. George Chandler of the Screen Actors Guild hails the move as forward looking for improved, modern facilities to raise production.
The Interior Department reports 25 255 camping sites in 69 units, with 6 106 050 campers in 1962, up 11 percent from 1961 and a projected peak in 1963. Camps vary from Acadia to Death Valley and Yellowstone, with first come, first served spaces and facilities including water, restrooms, and campfires.
In Olympia Washington UPI reports the state legislature passed the first traffic law in 1890. It requires steam traction engine operators on public roads to stop and allow horse drawn traffic to pass, except in towns.
McCall Corp acquires Atlanta printer Foote & Davies Inc for 6,280,375 dollars in cash. The deal moves away from stock exchange and values Foote & Davies common at 15 dollars a share for 215,025 shares and class A common at 13 dollars for 235,000 shares.
Light rain and hail were reported with no damage at two locations. Nazareth in Castro County also received a light shower as another small storm developed nearby.
Weather reports describe two storms: one moving south from Bushland toward Ambarger with light rain and small hail, the other heading southeast toward Amarillo and expected to enter late Monday night. The storms were gradually weakening.
Three Albuquerque men leaped from a railway motor car as a Santa Fe freight train neared at Isleta. Paciano Garcia died later at Santa Fe Railway Hospital. Pablo Griego was in critical condition and Juan Salazar suffered minor bruises. The incident followed a flashing warning light as the train slowed to about 20 miles an hour.
A DC7 on a routine Alaska flight disappeared southwest of Sitka with 103 aboard a prior ditching noted last October. Coast Guard cutters six ships 12 U S planes and three Royal Canadian planes scoured the southern Gulf of Alaska while fishing boats were alerted. Bad weather halted some sorties as crews pursued the last position report over the Gulf en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage.
In July 1951 a Canadian Pacific Airlines charter carrying 38 aboard including 29 Americans vanished over the Gulf of Alaska. Rescue vessels awaited after a radio call. McChord Air Force Base reported heavy weather with rain, southeast winds 20 to 22 knots, gusts to 37. Icing and turbulence were noted at 14,000 to 18,000 feet along the flight path.
The United States Post Office will operate a multilingual working station at the New York 1964 65 World's Fair. It will handle at least 200000 pieces of mail daily during the two six month exhibition seasons and will showcase modern mail handling facilities to speed sorting through automation, per Sean P Keating director of the New York Region.
The Military Air Transport Service at Travis Air Force Base released the crew list for the Northwest Airlines DC7 missing with 101 aboard off the Alaska coast. Crew includes Albert Olson of Sumner WA and Donald R. Wenger of Tacoma WA as pilots, Kenneth A. Larson of Kirkland WA, Donald K. Schaap of Seattle, Joan V. Morris of Seattle, and Patricia L. Moran of Seattle.
Four sisters Hermelinda Silvia Emma and Concepcion Batis Hernandez were invited to a party but became trapped in a bathroom when the door slammed shut. They spent sixteen hours inside before their father freed them late Sunday.
World mourns Pope John XXIII, known as the Pope of Peace, who died after a brief illness in Vatican City. Close relatives and Vatican officials, including Amleto Cardinal Masella, were present as priests sang hymns and Vatican Radio announced his death. The pontiff is remembered for ecumenism, social encyclicals, and steering the church through a period of reform and dialogue with other faiths.
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